...

whispers
speak softly my love
that you may hear the stones sing
and the desert breathe

thoughts from limbo

dawn
coming out of grey
I feel the sharp scent of air
the sun warms my cheeks

focusing on the other threads of life
trying to weave all them together

a comment made
I will not let.......
it is their reality
not mine

and then,
I am past it

vision clears
colours sharpen

going out into the desert
wakened from the rain
I am walking
into the sky
with open
eyes

notes

dna
open desert sky
cannot match the space inside
evolving chaos

by starlight
walking at midnight
I melt into the shadows
looking for answers

spice

it rained this evening
I did not recognize the sound
I had forgotten
it was a brief desert rain
leaving the air spiced
in a sky so large
the clouds could not cover it
and sunlight spilled around the edges
leaving colours
compressed
saturated

rain
mountains meet the clouds
the essence of life released
falling from the sky

plein air
using words as paint
creating texture with dreams
luminous colour

"...skating away,
on the thin ice of a new day..."
Ian Anderson

from out

knife
pain out of nowhere
cuts through me, unexpected
the edge of a scent

snare
slowly I turn back
towards the retreat of the sun
captured, I follow

clean
the pain returns
I am helpless in the wave
rolling over me

all moments
observed/captured/recorded
embers/sparks/infernos
facets/faces/windows
crimson violet silk
dark velvet indigo
washes of azure
entwined with
permeating
rich white
endless
light

reverse

How is it possible
to welcome my
isolation
yet
at times
be so completely
overwhelmed by it?

recall

a swim
pools of still water,
sunlight, the color of tea
drowning in your eyes

What is the purpose of these words?
The words, the image,
the recognition,
float to the surface
of consciousness
from some deep subterranean current.
I can only record what is revealed.
Parts of myself.
amazed

I will question
explore
discover
even attempt to explain
but I will not make excuses for
or try to justify
my words
or thoughts

it is what it is
I am who I am
sobeit